53rd INSEAD Venture Competition Semifinal
53rd INSEAD Venture Competition Semifinal
Empowering entrepreneurs to build new businesses
The INSEAD Venture Competition (IVC) is the biannual flagship entrepreneurship experience for all current degree programme participants organized by the Maag Centre for Entrepreneurship. Throughout the multi-stage competition, students are immersed in a supportive yet rigorous environment to develop and showcase their venture ideas. Through extensive coaching and feedback from seasoned entrepreneurs and investors, participants gain valuable knowledge and experience on how to launch a start-up.
Join us in this 53rd IVC edition, as we witness INSEAD students pitching for six seats in the Finals and ultimately over €50,000 seed funding.
The event will take place in a hybrid format on INSEAD Europe and Asia campuses and online.
Schedule
Semi Finalists (in Alphabetical order):
Team Governis: Nathan Hiaumet & Zadok Klugman (MIM'28) AI governance and assurance platform that helps companies discover, control and document how AI is used across their organization |
Iron Power: Nami Nguyen (MBA'26J) & Khang Nguyen (MBA'27J) aim to help rural Vietnamese women monitor anemia risk and improve access to early screening. |
Team Lifelong: Callum Bartlett & Chris Johnson (MBA'26D) AI-powered platform that helps UK retirees navigate their pension options, maximize their retirement income, and connect with trusted partner firms. |
Team Ordena: Wagner Filho (MBA'26D), Vitor Sanches, Lucilaine Veline A hub of specialized financial management systems designed for small and mid-sized agricultural producers |
Team Paw-Paw: Hannah Sun (MBA'26D), Ling wang, Ke Yu An AI language-starter for children aged 2–6, as a first or a second language |
Team q-Flow: Gabriel Gostiaux (MIM'27) automates photochemistry labs to scale chemical manufacturing and destroy PFAS wastewater. |
Team SeeMySkill: Anes Chaouachi & Dhruv Gupta (GEMBA'27) provides verified digital skill records for technical workers, helping employers hire with proven data. |
TeamTrueGrade: Aarav Sarlia, Antoine Mauger, Ryutaro Uozumi, Amer Moubarak (MIM'28) B2B marketplace for imported stainless steel scrap in India, featuring source-side testing and payment tied directly to verified quality proofs. |
Team Tessera: Hugo Sam-Mine (MIM'28) & Matteo Perego AI tools that let the owner's accountant prepare a small French business (€300k to €3m) for sale, check that buyers can actually finance it, and take the deal through to a signed letter of intent. |
Team Tessera: Mia Zhang, Opeyemi Fabiyi, Maria Cuesta Morales, Michelle Letayf (MBA'27J) Insurers have automated the claim decision but not the claim payment. Tessera sits between the two. Our agents read the policy and the contract, work out exactly what each party is owed, pay it through the insurer’s own bank rails, and reconcile every payment back to the obligation that created it. |
Team Vitrine: Raphaël Henry & Rama Jabal (MBA'26D) Vitrine helps retailers make their products known, and gives shoppers the power to support their local economy. |
Team ZintiqAI: Elena Panchenko, Saurabh Shahane, Alexandre Mahfoudh (GEMBA'27) The AI operating system for specialty chemicals. |
IVC Chairperson & Judges
IVC Chairperson, Founder & CEO of Equilibria Hotels & Properties
Organisers
Director, Rudolf and Valeria Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship
Centre Manager, INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship, Europe Campus
Centre Manager, INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship, Asia Campus
Senior Coordinator, Asia Campus
Sponsors
The IVC is made possible by our generous supporters:
Rudolf Maag MBA’73 & Valeria Maag; All Alumni and Friends of INSEAD who donated to the Patrick Turner MBA’78 Memorial Fund; Ben Ling; GEMBA’16A; Ben Blomerley MBA’11J and MOHARA; Joe Ross; Loyal.vc; National Alumni Association UK Entrepreneurs Group Business Angel Event; Angel Club @ IAAG (INSEAD Alumni Association in Germany)
In case of any questions, please contact [email protected]
